Little Red Riding Hood

Once upon a time, in the center of a dense forest, there was a small house, where lived a pretty little girl named Little Red Riding Hood. One sunny day her mother called her into the kitchen of their little house.

“Grandma is sick,” she said. “Take her this basket of cakes, but be very careful! Stay on the path through the forest and don’t stop! If you walk quickly, no harm will come to you.” (Literally: “You won’t stumble upon any harm”)

She saw a bush of blackberries beside the path. “What lovely blackberries!” she exclaimed, laying the basket on the ground. “They are so nice and ripe... and so big! Delicious! I’ll maybe just try one more...”

Meanwhile, two menacing eyes watched her from behind a tree. A strange noise in the woods made Little Red Riding Hood’s jump with fright, and her heart started to thump. “I must find the path and run away from here, quickly!”

The hunter filled the wolf’s stomach with rocks from the garden, and then stitched it closed again. When the wolf woke up and saw the hunter, he ran away as fast as he could. The big rocks gave him such a sore stomach that he became vegetarian, and never bothered the village again.

Little Red Riding Hood’s mother arrived at Grandma’s house when the sun was setting. She had been worried when her daughter hadn’t returned home. When she saw Little Red Riding Hood she burst into tears of joy. “Oh, you’re safe!”